Curated by Michael Hernandez de Luna, Sextablos featured the work of 60 contributing artists who were asked to adapt the Mexican retablo (small paintings on metal) typically reserved for personal expressions of piety, to explore personal, unconventional attitudes regarding sex as the spice of life. Sextablos showcased more than 160 panels – all 8 x 10-inch artworks on metal. A full gamut of the topic was explored, from bawdy to beautiful.
The work included not only addressed topics of sexual taboo, promiscuity, lust, and religious or political policies restricting behaviors (in the wake of NEA funding being pulled from funding artists directly), but also noting the connection between sex and Rock n’ Roll.
